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| Galway Girl: A Jack Taylor Novel by Ken BruenWhat it's about: Reeling from the death of a loved one, Irish PI Jack Taylor, an alcoholic ex-cop, tries to figure out who's killing Galway's police officers and discovers a personal connection to the killers.
Series alert: This is Jack's acclaimed 15th outing. Newcomers interested in following Jack's ups and (many) downs may want to start with the 1st book, The Guards.
For fans of: gritty Irish crime novels; tough, troubled detectives; dark humor; crisp writing. |
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The Angels' Share
by Ellen Crosby
Attending a Thanksgiving weekend party at a newspaper family’s castle estate, Lucie Montgomery learns of her nonagenarian host’s aspirations about a rare Prohibition-era Madeira before he is found dead in his wine cellar amid rumors of his Freemason connections.
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Invitation Only Murder
by Leslie Meier
Invited to an eccentric environmentalist billionaire’s property that has been stripped of modern conveniences, reporter Lucy Stone interviews the estate’s less-than-happy residents before her host’s daughter is killed in a suspicious fall.
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Angel Eyes
by Ace Atkins
Hired by a desperate mother to search for a Hollywood starlet who has gone missing, Spenser and his former apprentice-turned-private eye, Zebulon Sixkill, follow clues to a powerful movie studio boss, the Armenian mob and a cult-like empowerment group.
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City of Scoundrels
by Victoria Thompson
Elizabeth Miles races to find the hidden will of a Great War soldier who was killed in action after secretly marrying and leaving his fortune to his wife and unborn child. By the best-selling author of the Gaslight Mysteries.
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Blind Search
by Paula Munier
A sequel to A Borrowing of Bones finds former MP Mercy Carr and her retired bomb-sniffing dog investigating a murder to which the only witness is a 10-year-old boy on the autism spectrum.
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The Body on the Train
by Frances Brody
Called in by Scotland Yard to investigate an unidentified body on the train, Kate Shackleton gets too close to a killer as she edges toward the shocking truth, forcing her to call upon all her strength and resourcefulness to solve this case before she meets the same fate.
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Murder Off the Page : a 42nd Street Library Mystery
by Cornelius Lehane
Reluctantly investigating a murder that is complicated by his friend’s implication in another death, librarian sleuth Raymond Ambler uncovers the second victim’s illicit double life and a wealth of potential suspects. By the author of Murder in the Manuscript Room.
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The Old Success
by Martha Grimes
In the twenty-fifth mystery in the bestselling Richard Jury series by MWA Grand Master Martha Grimes, an unlikely trio of detectives teams up to solve three puzzling murders that span three counties across England.
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A Murderous Tangle
by Sally Goldenbaum
The Seaside Knitters are prepping their coziest handiwork for a holiday gathering in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts; but as murder makes waves in their tightly knit coastal village, can they prevent a deadly trend from catching on? Includes a knitting pattern.
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